Faculty Profile
Mark Alley, Ph.D.
Dr. Alley
W. G. Wysor Professor of Agriculture
Appointment
Teaching : 30%
Research : 50%
Extension : 20%
Education
- B.S. Agriculture, Berea College, 1969
- M.S. Agronomy, Virginia Tech, 1971
- Ph.D. Agronomy, Virginia Tech, 1975
Courses
| Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|
| CSES 4214 | Soil Fertility and Management |
| CSES 4224 | Soil Fertility and Management Lab |
| CSES 5214 | Soil Plant relationships |
Current Projects
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Integrated, Innovative Cropping Practices to Reduce Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sediment Losses from Cropland in the Shenandoah River Watershed. Cooperators: Brian Jones, Rory Maguire, Wade Thomason, Robert Clark. Sponsor: Chesapeake Bay Targeted Watersheds Program, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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Nitrate Leaching Losses and Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Retention in Agronomic Crop Production in the Virginia Coastal Plain. Cooperators: Paul Davis, Wade Thomason, James Wallace and Brian Noyes. Sponsors: Virginia Environmental Endowment..
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Nutrient Availability and Fertilizer Application in Long-term No-till Grain.
- Crop Production Systems in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain. Cooperators: Paul Davis, Wade Thomason, David Moore, Keith Balderson. Sponsors: Phillip Morris USA, Phillip Morris International.
- Advanced Intensive Wheat Management. Cooperators: Wade Thomason, Bruce Beahm. Sponsors: Virginia Small Grains Board.
- Fertilizer Efficiency in Grain Crop Production Systems. Cooperators: Robert Pitman and Wade Thomason. Sponsors. Mosaic Corp., Weyerhaeuser Corp.
Current Extension Programs
- Advisor to the Virginia Crop Producers Association.
Recent Honors
- President-elect of the American Society of Agronomy
Recent Publications
Personal Activities and Interests
My personal interests include travel with my wife, Sharon, Virginia Tech sports, playing with our two Gordon Setter dogs, reading and movies.
My Work Groups
Keywords
- soil fertility
- fertilizers
- fertilizer efficiency
- agronomic crops
- integrated crop production systems